Parents

Jacob & Leah ( Daughter of Laban  )
1st Son of Jacob & 1st Son of Leah
 

Tribal Name Meaning

Reuben means “See, a Son!  A New Beginning.”

Prophecies

Jacob:   “Reuben, you art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:  Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed: then you defiled it; he went to my couch.”  
(Genesis 49:3,4)

Moses:  “Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.”  (Deuteronomy 33:6)

Banner Symbols

The symbol of Reuben is usually the sign of the rising sun, but more recently - as in The Temple Institutes banner above, the symbol of a blossoming plant, a mandrake plant is now used.  Both the rising sun in its full strength and the blossoming plant speak of “new beginning, new anointing, new life and beauty coming forth.”  They also speak of hope.  No other tribe needs this symbol of hope for a new beginning more than the tribe of Reuben.  

Signs iN The Heavens

Aquarius aligns with the month of Shevat and is part of The Mystery Religions of Babylon teaching that attempts to corrupt the hearts of men with the Hebrew Dli.  Beware of such things little Children of the Light!

Gemstone

CARNELIAN (SARDIUS)

Ex 28:19, 39:10; Rev 4:3, 21:20

Carnelian is a translucent, hard, fine-grained variety of orangish red quartz that has often been used for ring stones and wax seals. Carnelian has been frequently discovered in excavations of the ancient tombs of royalty. A necklace more than 10 feet long and containing 670 orange-red carnelian beads was found in the tomb of a queen dating 1000 BC. A string of expertly carved carnelian beads was found in Egypt dating back to 3100 BC. Carnelian is the modern word for the stone translated as sardius in the KJV. The Greek word is sardios and is found as the 6th stone of the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:20), and in the description of the Lord in Rev 4:3. The Hebrew word odem (literally redness or red stone) is translated by some Bible scholars as sardius (today’s carnelian). Odem is the stone listed as the first stone in the breastplate in Exodus. Odem here could have been any one of several red stones known to the ancient Hebrews; the garnet or red jasper, as well as the sardius (carnelian).

Scripture References